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Hi,

I think there may be a misunderstanding. I am not a paid contributor and have no financial stake, or any other conflict of interest, in the topics I am writing about. I have not written or edited any articles about myself, people I know, organizations I am a part of, or any possible clients. After reviewing the links you provided me with, I am confident that I do not have a conflict of interest. I decided to edit pages about civil justice because those are topics I have done research into as a legal scholar working at a law school. I have read that editors with specific expertise are often confused with paid contributors/PR people because of the topics they edit. Do you recommend that I explain my motivations/ expertise somewhere on my page (so people do not assume I work for an attorney or lawmaker)?

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Best, Legaleagle00 (talk) 17:12, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It might not be a bad idea to put some sort of statement on your user page explaining that you edit legal topics you are familiar with but have no direct connection in. Welcome to Wikipedia. Tiggerjay (talk) 03:49, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency (FACT) Act of 2015 and In re Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC. I agree with Tiggerjay, and am willing to work with you to smooth things out. Let me know if I can help. Xavier Lehtinen (talk) 18:07, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply

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Hi Xavier Lehtinen (talk), Thank you for your recent contributions to the FACT Act page. I appreciate your comments. When I made my wikipedia handle I did not know that there was a legal services corporation with a similar name. The term "legal eagle" is just an old term for a lawyer and is used often. I thought it was a clever name because I work on legal issues. I am not, nor have I ever been a trial lawyer. I have no affiliation with the legal services firm mentioned. I am also not paid by trial lawyers or have any financial gain in the cases I have written about. I just try to write about laws/cases that I am following or researching. It has been suggested that I write a statements to prevent people from thinking that I am a paid editor because of the specific topics I work on. Where would be the most appropriate place to put some sort of disclaimer, explaining that I am not a biased/paid editor? Do you have any other suggestions to prevent this? Thank you, Legaleagle00 (talk)

It's all good. I appreciate you explaining it. Xavier Lehtinen (talk) 18:01, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Legaleagle00, I have restored the age information in this article. As his date of birth seems to be correct and verifiable (per .gov Congress Directory), his age is clearly 60 - I don't really understand why you deleted this detail. If your edit was just a misunderstanding, no problem. Otherwise it would be helpful, if you could discuss your reasoning for the removal on the article's talkpage. Verifiable common encyclopedic information should generally not be removed or hidden from Wikipedia articles. Best regards. GermanJoe (talk) 15:45, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi GermanJoe! Thank you for checking that and you attention to detail. It was a misunderstanding. I did the math wrong and thought that the auto population function was not working. Legaleagle00 (talk) 16:19, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Ah ok. You got me confused for a moment :) - no problem, it's fixed now. GermanJoe (talk) 16:22, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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